Economic Development, Microfinance, and Social Networks

Catalog description

An introduction to the study of the financial lives of households in less developed countries, focusing on savings, credit, informal insurance, the expansion of microfinance, social learning, public finance/redistribution, and social networks. Prerequisites- Econ 51 or Publpol 51 and Econ 102B. Approved field credit for the ECON BA, BS, and Minor Programs.